I believe we are here to do good. It is the responsibility of every human being to aspire to do something worthwhile, to make the world a better place than the one we found.
An oligarchy of private capital cannot be effectively checked even by a democratically organized political society because under existing conditions, private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information.
I regard class differences as contrary to justice and, in the last resort, based on force.
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second.
In every true searcher of Nature there is a kind of religious reverence, for he finds it impossible to imagine that he is the first to have thought out the exceedingly delicate threads that connect his perceptions.
Anyone can be a genius, if they pick just one specific subject and study it diligently just 15 minutes each day.
To put it boldly, it is the attempt at a posterior reconstruction of existence by the process of conceptualization.
I am fascinated by Spinoza’s pantheism, but admire even more his contributions to modern thought because he is the first philosopher to deal with the soul and the body as one, not two separate things.
Measured objectively, what a man can wrest from Truth by passionate striving is utterly infinitesimal. But the striving frees us from the bonds of the self and makes us comrades of those who are the best and the greatest.
Every day, man is making bigger and better fool-proof things, and every day, nature is making bigger and better fools. So far, I think nature is winning.
Understanding physics is child’s play when compared to understanding child’s play.
How can any educated person stay away from the Greeks? I have always been far more interested in them than in science.
Not all things worth counting are countable and not all things that count are worth counting.
An expert is a person who has few new ideas; a beginner is a person with many.
Generations to come will find it difficult to believe that a man such as Gandhi ever walked the face of this earth.
The first and most important necessity is the creation of a modus vivendi with the Arab people.
The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency.
I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.
Only strong characters can resist the temptation of superficial analysis.
Only a very dull man spells a word the same way twice.